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Wat Chedi Thong
This temple is located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in the vicinity of Amphoe Sam Khok, 8 kms. from Pathum Thani Town. There is a Mon style pagoda approximately 160 years old and a white jade Buddha image enshrined in the ubosot.
Rangsit Science Centres for Education
It is an educational learning source on science for children, youth and the public. It comprises exhibitions on science, technology, natural science, astronomy, and space. Moreover, there are various experimental activities encouraging fun learning.
National Science Museum
The National Science Museum Located on Klong (canal) 5, Klong Luang in Pathum Thani, the Science Museum is part of the Technopolis complex. When completed, this park will be comprised of not only the Science Museum, but also the Natural History Museum, the Ecology and Environment Museum and the Aviation and Telecommunications Museum.


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The benefits of the euro
The euro was created because a single currency offers many advantages and benefits over the previous situation where each Member State had its own currency. Not only are fluctuation risks and exchange costs eliminated and the single market strengthened, but the euro also means closer co-operation among Member States for a stable currency and economy to the benefit of us all.
History of the euro
Public opinion on the euro
It is essential to monitor the state of public opinion on the euro and understand the underlying factors which influence it. This helps to detect any information gap among EU citizens and to adapt communication messages and tools to their real needs.
EU Countries and the euro
Find a speaker for your event about the euro
If you are organising an event for an organisation, school or other institution on EMU and/or the euro and would like to give your audience specialised and up-to-date information, just send your request to the Representation of the European Commission in your country, which will be pleased to help you to find the most suitable speaker.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Media reports that suggest the United States has cut off aid to Egypt are not accurate, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration is still reviewing its options.
"That review has not concluded and ... published reports to the contrary that assistance to Egypt has been cut off are not accurate," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters in a briefing.
He said Obama was convening a meeting with his national security team on Tuesday to discuss Egypt and the review of U.S. aid to the country.
"I wouldn't anticipate any major announcements related to our aid and assistance in the immediate aftermath of this meeting," Earnest said, noting Obama holds such meetings regularly.
The Pentagon also denied reports that military aid had been cut off.
In recent years, Washington has authorized about $1.3 billion in annual military aid and $250 million in economic assistance for Cairo.
Earnest also said that Egypt's detention of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie was not in line with the standard that the United States would hope to uphold in protecting basic human rights.
Earlier on Tuesday, Egypt's army-backed authorities detained Badie, the Brotherhood's general guide, in the wake of the bloody suppression of rallies demanding the reinstatement of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was toppled by the military last month.
Earnest said the aid review would take into account the actions of Egypt's government, adding that violations of human rights "don't make the transfer of aid more likely."
Earnest's comments on U.S. assistance follow media reports, citing an aide to the Democratic U.S. senator who chairs the subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, that the United States had quietly decided to suspend most military aid to Egypt, at least temporarily.
"The State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee was told the transfer of military aid was stopped, that this is current practice, not necessarily official policy, and there is no indication of how long it will last," the aide to Senator Patrick Leahy said in an emailed statement.
Earnest said the aid is under review but has not halted.
"Assistance is provided episodically. Assistance is provided in tranches," Earnest said.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Phil Stewart, Susan Heavey and Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Sandra Maler and Bill Trott)


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LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One could do with a new world champion after four years of domination by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, triple title holder Jackie Stewart said on Wednesday.
"I think it would be better, I think it would liven things up...It would be refreshing," the 74-year-old Scot told reporters at a lunch to preview this month's Motorsport Hall of Fame event in London.
"Four times is a bit greedy," he added, jokingly.
Vettel, 26, became the youngest quadruple champion last season and won the final nine races of the year. Nobody has beaten him since July.
Red Bull have also won the last four constructors' titles and will start the new season in March as favorites again.
Fellow-German Michael Schumacher, who retired in 2012 at the age of 43 and is currently in a coma after a skiing accident in France last month, won five titles in a row with Ferrari between 2000 and 2004.
"Nobody is up there forever," said Stewart. "The world moves on and I'm sure that will be the case. I don't know if it will be next season.
"Red Bull are pretty impressive and they've now got more money coming in from sponsors than they have from Red Bull, because they are getting TV."
This season sees a new V6 turbocharged engine replacing the old V8s, with fuel economy and driving style much more significant factors, and reliability will be a bigger concern.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner warned earlier on Wednesday that the opening race in Australia could see a significant number of retirements, perhaps as much as half the field, instead of most cars finishing.
It should also be harder for Vettel to run away with the championship following a controversial decision to award double points at the final race in Abu Dhabi in a bid to keep the title open for longer.
Stewart expects last year's runner-up and past double champion Fernando Alonso to get the better of team mate Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, at Ferrari this season when they are paired for the first time.
Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 champion with McLaren and a winner for Mercedes last year, is another favorite even if questions had still to be answered about his consistency over the course of a year.
"I think Lewis is the fastest driver in the business," said Stewart. "Just sheer speed. When he puts a quick one in, he's the master at it."
The Scot said he was sure McLaren's Jenson Button, the 2009 champion, would not let grief at the death last weekend of his father John - a constant presence at races and a hugely popular paddock figure - affect his racing.
"A racing driver is a peculiar animal," he said.
"Look at all the death that we had and yet for whatever reason we still raced...I think racing drivers probably are tougher than most people.
"John lived the fullest of lives, and he had a heart attack and he was 70 years of age. And there wasn't much life that he'd missed."
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A common difficulty beginning SQL programmers encounter is joining two or more transactional tables all in one SELECT statement. Missing data, duplicates, time-out errors, and other unexpected results often arise from trying to directly write JOINS between two transaction tables.
Consider a simple schema with the following tables (primary key columns in bold):
Budget: Year, Month, Account, Dept, Amount
Commitments: CommitmentID (Identity), Year, Month, Account, Dept, Amount
Actuals: ActualID (Identity), Year, Month, Account, Dept, Amount
That is basically what I've inherited in the latest application I've been tasked to clean up. Data comes from several sources, so I suppose that explains why things are in different tables. The basic idea is that your budget is set by Account/Dept/Year/Month, and you need to write reports that let you see Budget, Actual and Commitments amounts side by side with a few calculations as well.
After looking at the existing hundreds of lines of temp tables, cursors, update statements and other strange ways people have of writing simple SELECTs, I am reminded that it is not always obvious how to join several transactional tables into 1 SELECT statement.
So, how do you get Budgets, Commitments and Actuals all together?
The answer is: not by JOINing them together ... but by UNIONing them together. By layering the tables on top of one another, and spreading out the Amounts from each table into its own column, and then grouping it all together and SUMing up each amount column, we will have the results we need. Essentially, we are using the UNION ALL operator to create 1 big transaction table with all of our data, and then simply aggregating the results. (Remember that we use UNION ALL and not just UNION since it is more efficient).
So, if we wanted to see the numbers for a particular @Year, with totals for each Month, Account and Department, we could write:
Year, Month, Account, Dept,
sum(Budget) as Budget,
sum(Commitment) as Commitment,
sum(Actual) as Actual
Year, Month, Account, Dept, Amount as Budget, 0 as Commitment, 0 as Actual
union all
Year, Month, Account, Dept, 0 as Budget, Amount as Commitment, 0 as actual
union all
Year, Month, Account, Dept, 0 as Budget, 0 as Commitment, Amount as actual
Year = @Year
group by
Year, Month, Account, Dept
And .. that's it. We're done!
We don't need to worry about months where there is a budget but no actual, or an actual but no budget, which becomes a common problem with JOINS. We don't need to use an ugly FULL OUTER JOIN and wrap up every single column in COALESCE() functions. We don't need long derived table expressions. And we don't need to worry about multiple Commitments or Actuals all in the same month causing duplicates and affecting our Budgets. It's all taken care of for us.
Of course, you would wrap this SQL statement in a derived table, join it to the Accounts and Department tables, and calculate a few more columns (variance, percentages, etc) to complete our report. We also could remove the Month grouping from our SELECT and calculate only one value per Year/Account/Dept, with Year-to-Date and Month-To-Date columns very easily.
So, don't forget about UNION ALL ... it's very powerful and really a great way to easily summarize and compare two or more unrelated transactional tables.
Well, I better get back to the cursor busting ....
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Lladro NAO #236 First Communion Girl Praying Figurine. Pretty soft glossy figurine with wonderful detail and colors. She measures 9-1/4" high and 4-3/4" wide. Excellent Condition. No box.
Pretty ballerina figurine has the appearance of one of those expensive Lladro figures. No sticker or mark, so is probably made in China or Portugal. Pretty just the same and is in wonderful condition with no damages at all. Measures 6 1/2" tall.
Another nicely glazed porcelain figurine of a girl holding her hat. Measures 8 3/4" tall and is in perfect condition. Has the look of Lladro porcelain.
Pretty porcelain figurine made in Spain. Measures 8 1/2" tall and is in perfect condition. The young girl is clutching a pillow. Made of glazed porcelain and has a Lladro loook about them.
Pretty Lladro style figurine measures 4 1/2" tall. Two children read a thank you note from Santa thanking them for the milk and cookies they left for him. Perfect condition, with no damages. Nice heavy glazed porcelain. Nicely detailed, but no makers marks or stickers.
Pretty angel figurine is blue and white matte glazed porcelain. Resembles the Lladro figures, but is not. No marks or stickers. She measures 4" tall and holds a vessel, which you would use as a candle holder. Lovely little angel has no chips or damages.


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Related Media: Asthma Management: Emotional and Stress Triggers
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the function and lining of the airways or tubes of the lungs. It narrows the airways and makes it difficult to breathe.
There are different degrees of asthma. Some people may have mild asthma with rare flare-ups. Others may have a severe, constant asthma.
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The exact causes of asthma are unknown, but genetics play a role.
Asthma symptoms are caused by an increased sensitivity of the airways to certain triggers. The triggers cause the lining of the airways to swell and produce extra fluid called mucus. At the same time, the muscles around the outside of the airway tighten in response to the irritation. All of these reactions narrow the airways and make it difficult to breathe. This response is often referred to as an asthma attack.
Possible triggers of an asthma attack in a person with asthma include:
- Viral illness
- Exercise
- Cold weather or changes in the weather
- Sinusitis
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Sulfites, preservatives used in dried fruits and wine
- Medications, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and beta-blockers
Exposure to irritants or allergens, including:
- Cigarette smoke
- Smoke from a wood-burning stove
- Pet dander
- Dust
- Chemicals
- Mold and mildew
- Pollen
- Smog or air pollution
- Perfumed products
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of asthma include:
- Regularly breathing in cigarette smoke, including second-hand smoke
- Regularly breathing in industrial or agricultural chemicals
- A family member who has asthma
- History of bronchiolitis
- History of multiple respiratory infections during childhood, especially less than 1 year old
- Being overweight
- History of wheezing or asthma as a child
- Having allergies
- Premature birth
- Having a mother who smoked during pregnancy
Symptoms include:
- Cough
- Wheezing
- Tightness in the chest
- Trouble breathing
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Limited exercise tolerance
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your doctor may also do some tests to measure lung function. They may include:
- Peak flow assessment
- Pulmonary function tests (PFTs)
- Reversibility testing
- Bronchoprovocation tests
Your doctor may also do some allergy tests . The test will help determine if allergies are causing symptoms. The test may include skin pricks or blood tests.
The treatment strategy for asthma includes:
- Medications
- Avoidance of allergens and irritants and control of contributing factors such as gastroesophageal reflux and sinusitis
- Regular assessment and monitoring
You and your doctor should also create an asthma action plan. This is a plan you will follow to help control your asthma and handle asthma attacks.
Asthma Medications
Medications Used to Control Asthma
These medications are used to avoid asthma attacks, but will not treat an existing attack. Medication may include any of or combinations of:
- Inhaled corticosteroids to prevent airway swelling and inflammation
- Inhaled long-acting beta agonists to relax the airways and keep them from tightening
- Oral leukotriene modifiers to prevent airway inflammation and swelling, decrease the amount of mucus in the lungs, and open the airways
- Inhaled cromolyn or nedocromil to prevent airways from swelling from contact with an asthma trigger
- Biologic agents, such as omalizumab, if asthma is not controlled by other medications
Medications Used to Treat an Asthma Attack
These medications are used to treat an asthma attack.
Medication may include:
- Inhaled quick-acting beta agonists and anticholinergic agents to open the airways
- Oral corticosteroids to reduce severe airway inflammation
Other Treatments
Bronchial thermoplasty to reduce excessive smooth muscle in the lungs and decrease the ability of the airways to constrict.
Prevention is an important step in asthma care. Allergy avoidance can be effective with asthma that is made worse by allergens. Some general tips for allergen avoidance include:
- Avoid outside activities if there are high levels of air pollution, pollen, or mold spores.
- Keep your windows closed during seasons with high pollen or mold spores. Air conditioning may help filter out allergens during warm seasons.
- Consider getting a portable HEPA unit air cleaner to use in sleeping areas.
- Consider getting HEPA filters for your heating/cooling system and your vacuum cleaner.
- Have someone else vacuum for you. Avoid a room that has been freshly vacuumed. If you do vacuum, use a dust mask.
- Keep the humidity down in your house. This may help prevent the growth of mold.
- Treat allergies and sinusitis as advised by your doctor.
- If allergies trigger your asthma attacks, ask your doctor about ways to manage your allergies.
It may be helpful to learn breathing techniques or doing breathing exercises. Improved fitness may also increase exercise tolerance and reduce attacks. Ask your doctor for advice.
Your asthma plan may need to be adjusted to adapt to changes in your life or health. Staying in contact with your doctor between visits can help you have better control of your asthma.
Your doctor may want to monitor you at home with a peak flow meter.
Online programs aimed at helping you manage your own symptoms can improve asthma control and lung function. Some examples of programs include American Lung Association or Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
There are no guidelines for preventing asthma because the cause is unknown. However, you can help prevent asthma attacks by avoiding things that trigger your attacks. Triggers can vary from person to person but some general guidelines include:
- Avoid strong chemicals or odors like perfume.
- Avoid strenuous outdoor exercise during days with high air pollution, a high pollen count, or a high ozone level.
- Get a yearly flu shot. Colds and flus can worsen asthma.
- Don't smoke. If you are pregnant, it is important that you do not smoke.
- Avoid secondhand smoke. Do not allow anyone to smoke in your home.
- Don't use a wood-burning stove or fireplace, including unvented gas fireplaces.
- If cold weather triggers your asthma, avoid strenuous activities in cold weather. If you must, use a scarf or mask to warm the air before it reaches your lungs.
Talk to your doctor about:
- The right level of exercise for you
- Ways to track your asthma to help identify and treat flare-ups right away
- Your work, hobbies, and home activities to see if any of these may be causing or worsening your asthma
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Course Details
- Date
- September 14 2018 (9:30am – 4:30pm)
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- Duration
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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is becoming increasingly tricky - continuous innovations between the rival search engines, coupled with increased activity from your competitors, means that you have to identify the right strategy for your business to rank well.
This SEO training course will enable you to build an organic search marketing strategy that will mean more of the right kind of visitors to your website, boost online conversions and stand out in today's fiercely competitive online marketplace, ensuring the best possible return on investment.
On this intermediate course, you'll learn best practice methodologies and strategic skills in relation to the key attributes of SEO: website structure, search term research, content creation and link equity, plus how to manage your online brand in order to increase its market share in the natural listings.
You'll become an expert at identifying and taking advantage of quick win search opportunities and at tracking the results.
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By Underground - Moorgate Station (Northern, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City Lines).
Moorgate has 4 exits and you need to head towards the 2 exits either side of Moorfields Road (these exits are towards the Metropolitan line gates). As you come out onto Moorfields Road you will see a Holland and Barrett store adjacent to the tube station – Tenter House is the next building a few yards further up on the same side of the road, just before the Red Cross building.
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Street goes Wi-Fi; new sous chef, weekly food truck offerings, new programming added
Old Falls Street, USA, the historic three-block destination in downtown Niagara Falls, has released its schedule of activities for the 2013 season. Most activities are presented free of charge while promising "Food, Festivals and Fun ... just footsteps from Niagara Falls!"
For the first time in its history, Old Falls Street is presenting its Wi-Fi Café, near the Comfort Inn - The Point, closest to the entrance of Niagara Falls State Park. The café, complete with newly redesigned vending carts and umbrella tables, will allow guests a scenic place to enjoy lunch while being able to surf the Internet this summer.
"We are happy to feature Wi-Fi Internet capabilities for guests of Old Falls Street this year," said Global Spectrum's Ryan Coate, general manager of Old Falls Street and The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. "This addition, which will be up an running by the beginning of June 2013, will undoubtedly be a welcomed feature for those dining with us in the afternoon."
Another new addition is Kate Elliott, Old Falls Street's new sous chef, who is bringing a fresh approach to the street's food vending. Elliott, a Western New York native and former Nickel City Chef contestant, is the former executive chef at Merge and Juniper restaurants in Buffalo. Her unique style blends Western New York favorites with traditional street food, and vegetarian options as well. This summer, menu items will include a variety of poutines, sliders, sandwich wraps and tacos.
Old Falls Street is also bringing the best of Western New York's food trucks onto the street on Monday and Tuesday afternoons, featuring Amy's Truck on Mondays and The Roaming Buffalo on Tuesdays. Ooh La La Fashion Truck, a mobile retail store vending women's fashions, will also be featured on Tuesday afternoons.
In addition to a fresh new approach to food vending, Old Falls Street will feature the following:
•ENCOUNTER NIAGARA RE-ENACTORS - Meet Niagara's most infamous historical figures as Encounter Niagara allows guests to interact with Nikola Tesla, Annie Edson Taylor, Augustus Porter, The Great Blondin and many others. Encounter Niagara re-enactors will be on Old Falls Street on Wednesday afternoons, July 10 through Aug. 28, from noon to 3 p.m.
•RIDE NIAGARA BIKE RENTALS - Take a self-guided bicycle tour through the area. Ride Niagara bicycles will be available for rent on the park block closest to the entrance of Niagara Falls State Park. Visit www.FallsStreet.com for a full schedule and pricing.
•BACKYARD BOARD GAMES - (summer season - afternoons, middle block) Try your luck at larger-than-life versions of the most popular family games. Challenge friends or sit and relax on Old Falls Street's Adirondack chairs.
•JAZZY SUNDAYS - Sponsored by Legends Bar & Grill, this new free live music series features performances by the region's greatest jazz, Dixieland and big band musicians on Sundays, July 7 through Aug. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m., on Old Falls Street's middle block. The series is "leashed-pet" friendly and also features Encounter Niagara's historical re-enactors.
•FLICKS ON OLD FALLS MOVIE SERIES - Bring the family to this free weekly movie series featuring free classic and contemporary movies under the stars. Movies are presented each Thursday from July 11 through Aug. 29, beginning at 9 p.m., on Old Falls Street's middle block. For a movie schedule, visit www.FallsStreet.com.
• FRIDAYS ON OLD FALLS CONCERT SERIES - Sponsored by Legends Bar & Grill, this free concert series features the area's finest classic rock and dance bands on Fridays, from June 29 to Aug. 31 (7 to 10 p.m.). Guests are encouraged to remain until 10 p.m. when fireworks are launched over Niagara Falls. For a series line-up, visit www.FallsStreet.com.
•LECTURES AND BOOK SIGNINGS - These free events are featured on Old Falls Street's park block
· Jennifer Pharr Davis (nationally renowned hiker) - Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 p.m. This lecture is presented in collaboration with Niagara Falls State Park and sponsored by the Comfort Inn - The Pointe.
· Christopher Stoainoff - Niagara Falls City historian and co-author of "Niagara Falls 1850-2000" - Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m.
•NFFD MOTORCYCLE RUN AFTER PARTY - Saturday afternoon, June 22, on Old Falls Street's Park Block. Join the Niagara Falls Fire Department at the end point of its 8th annual motorcycle run for charity. Everyone is welcome to tour the street, which will be filled with motorcycles, live music, food, drinks and merchandise vending.
•NIAGARA FALLS MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL - Saturday, June 29, through Sunday, June 30, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Experience the greatest of Western New York's art scene with more than 50 local artists and dozens of live bands performing on three stages. Food and merchandise vending will also be featured throughout the weekend. The festival, marking its first time on Old Falls Street, is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.festivalatthefalls.com.
• TOUCH-A-TRUCK - Saturday, Aug. 10, 2 to 5 p.m. (middle block; sponsored by KeyBank on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls). Climb into a fire truck, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles and other larger-than-life trucks to see how first-responders and street technicians spend their days. Free family activities will also be featured.
•6th ANNUAL NIAGARA FALLS BLUES FESTIVAL - One of the largest events of its kind returns to Old Falls Street during Labor Day Weekend. More than a dozen blues bands will play throughout this three-day festival, including Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Mississippi Heat, Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton, Cheryl Arena, Richard Ray Farrell, Donnie "Mr. Downtown" Walsh, Mahajibee Blues Band, and many local and regional entertainers. Food, craft and barbecue vendors will also be featured. Spend Sunday morning at the "Blues Gospel Brunch." All activities are free and open to the public. No coolers - support the vendors who help keep the festival free. For more information, visit www.niagarafallsbluesfest.org.
•OKTOBERFEST - Saturday, Oct. 13, from noon to 9 p.m. This fourth annual Oktoberfest benefits the Downtown Niagara Falls Business Association and features live entertainment by the Bergholz German Band, the German-American Musicians and the Edelweiss Dancers; street vending; authentic German cuisine; beer and wine.
•MONSTER MASH BREAKFAST - Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to noon. One of Old Falls Street's most popular family events, this fourth annual "monster-size" Halloween party is held inside The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Call 716-278-2100.
•OLD FALLS STREET'S ITALIAN FEAST - This fourth annual event is held inside The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls and features an authentic Italian buffet and live music. Call 716-278-2100 for tickets.
•HOLIDAY TREE ILLUMINATION - Witness Old Falls Street sparkle this holiday season as all three blocks of trees are illuminated in thousands of LED lights. For more information, visit www.FallsStreet.com.
•STUFF-A-BUS FOOD DRIVE - In the spirit of the holiday season, this fourth annual community-wide effort collects non-perishable food items to benefit Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier. For more information, visit www.FallsStreet.com.
•BREAKFAST WITH SANTA - Saturday, Dec. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Meet "The Jolly One" himself inside The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. The event includes a deluxe breakfast buffet and other interactive holiday activities. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Call 716-278-2100.
For more information or to download a full 2013 schedule of events, visit www.FallsStreet.com.
Old Falls Street, USA, managed by Global Spectrum, is a historic three-block destination that connects the entrance of Niagara Falls State Park with the Conference & Event Center, the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel and other downtown Niagara Falls attractions. Serving as the "Welcome Center" for residents and visitors alike, the dynamic thoroughfare provides spaces for daily vending and special activities including concerts, festivals and holiday activities. Additional information can be found at www.FallsStreet.com.
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England defender Phil Jagielka is calling for the Three Lions to repeat their heroics against Spain when Brazil head to Wembley for Wednesday's glamour friendly.
Jagielka helped shut out the world and European champions Spain in November 2011, a result that proved to be one of the highlights of Fabio Capello's reign.
Now, the five-times World Cup winners are on their way, with Jagielka eager to claim another major scalp.
Speaking at a Vauxhall dealership in Warrington during an appearance for the England lead sponsor, Jagielka said: "This is a high stakes game.
"That Spain game wasn't make or break but because we won and kept a clean sheet it turned into a massive positive.
"It is a similar situation now. Whether I get to play, or someone else, it is about gaining experience from a great test."
The test is certainly going to be a unique one.
With Ronaldinho and Neymar both named in the first squad of Luiz Felipe Scolari's second spell as Brazil coach, England will be facing forwards at either end of football's experience spectrum.
Now 32 and playing back home for Atletico Mineiro, Ronaldinho needs no introduction.
Neymar, who turns 21 on Tuesday, is on the other hand rather an enigma.
Other than his admittedly impressive performances from Brazil in their silver-medal-winning campaign at London 2012, most observers in this country only know of him through word of mouth, or clips on You Tube, which tend to extenuate the positive.
Not that there will be any escape for Jagielka and his defensive colleagues when it comes to analysing the youngster.
"I don't know a lot about Neymar," Jagielka said.
"We don't see a lot of footage. He plays in Brazil so it is tough for us.
"But we have video analysis people when we meet up with England and they will have plenty of footage for us to review.
"They will pick out his good points and bad ones. I am sure the good points will be going on for hours."
England's hopes were hit yesterday as Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick and Jermain Defoe pulled out of the game through injury.
A statement on the FA's official website said Carrick was suffering from a hip injury and will not join Roy Hodgson's squad ahead of the match at Wembley.
Tottenham announced after yesterday's 1-0 win at West Brom that striker Defoe would miss the fixture with an ankle problem sustained at the Hawthorns.
Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas said Defoe would be sent for a scan to determine how bad the damage is.
"He rolled his ankle," said the Portuguese. "He will have to have a scan to reveal the extent of the injury.
"Hopefully there is not a lot of ligament damage. If there is, he could be out for two to three weeks."
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is also a doubt for England after sustaining a thigh injury in yesterday's 2-2 draw at Manchester City.


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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
My washing machine hates me
I'd been working on a cardigan with some deep red Matchmaker DK. The yarn had haunted my stash for a while. Once upon a time it was my First Knitted Sweater. It had turned out badly (surprise surprise). I frogged it and re-balled and it had sat waiting for a decent project for over a year. At first it was destined to a jumper like this, but as Matchmaker is 100% wool I worried about getting an itchy chest and tried to find a non-sweater use for it.
I designed a cardigan/ shrug and it worked. Really well. Bright red and covered in large cables - how very this season. I didn't blog about it because it was going so well I thought I'd submit the pattern.
Anyone who read the post's title can probably guess what's coming. I carefully set to a minimum spin cycle. But the machine decided otherwise, and spun the thing so hard it felted. Felted machine washable wool. I didn't know one COULD felt Matchmaker, in fact I've tried and failed to before.
If I'd wanted the felting, it did do it beautifully. There is something pretty cool about a felted cable. My flatmate got me to try blocking it into a shape that might be wearable, but it wouldn't work. The design required elasticity.
Grump grump grump.
I would stomp around while grumping but when I tried this I stomped into the washing machine and scraped my leg so bad it bled. I told you that thing hates me.
I do have a plan to save the fabric into something beautiful, functional and generally happy though. News of this will follow.
18 comments:
- Veronique said...
Aack! Evil washing machine!
You must be absolutely crushed that it ate your design :( I know I would be.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
maybe you could cut out the larger panels and sew it together into a really nice handbag or a small backpack or somthing?
the cables do look really lovely
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- Amy said...
Michelle beat me to my suggestion - handbag.
Ohhhh! So terrible, though. I'd be crying, kicking, and screaming at fate.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- Jessica / Fig & Plum said...
ugh! something similar happened to me at the laundromat this weekend. perfidious machines!
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
When you are calm enough to look at it againg this could become a nice bag...
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Oh no!
That's horrible, I'm sure you can use the fabric for something else though. Felted cables are lovely
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- Wibbo said...
I'd get in touch with Jaeger and complain! After all, it's supposed to be machine washable and Jaeger should replace the yarn if it doesn't do what it says on the label. I've machine washed blankets made from this yarn several times and they haven't felted.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
I'm glad you ended on a positive note though, can't wait to see what you make!
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- scarletprincess said...
It's not as stupid as my felting aggravation... I put my felted bag for my sister's b'day in with some new bath mats as I had no jeans that needed washing... I ended up with chenille fibre melted into and all over the felted bag :( Oh it'll be a while before it looks remotely nice.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- gleek said...
oh no!!!! this is a tragedy :( especially since it was something you designed. damn washing machines! they simply cannot be trusted. it's all handwashing for me from here on out.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Cabled felted bag, cabled felted bag, cabled felted bag! I know it might seem horrible to think of it not being what it was designed to be, but... cabled felted bag, cabled felted bag, cabled felted bag!
Really, it'd be beautiful and useful.
The color is lovely by the way.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- lisa said...
Handknits + Washing Machines = Felting Woes. It's an equation to remember... I'll bet the shrug was cute though - do you have any pre-felted shots?
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
- Philippa said...
That's just what I thought as I was reading your post! Felted fabric can be cut and sewn... I was going to suggest a cushion, but I look forward to seeing what genius project you come up with.
- Wednesday, September 20, 2006
forget writing to the yarn company - you should complain about a washing machine that spins when you told it not to!
you poor thing. hope you make something nice out of it though.
- Thursday, September 21, 2006
- Eclair said...
Poor you! Drink wine, eat chocolate, make sleeves into two felted baguette bags. Drink more. Congratulate yourself on having one new bag for you and one more for the Christmas gift list!
It's a lovely colour. I bet it was a gorgeous shrug. Oh, poor you!
- Thursday, September 21, 2006
- Julie said...
Those machines have a mind of their own. :) I think you could make a nice bag out of the fabric. It's a lovely color.
- Friday, September 22, 2006
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This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.
However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous global empire of bases that goes with it. The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military establishment and the profligate use of it in missions for which it is hopelessly inappropriate will, sooner rather than later, condemn the United States to a devastating trio of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war and insolvency, leading to a likely collapse similar to that of the former Soviet Union.
According to the 2008 official Pentagon inventory of our military bases around the world, our empire consists of 865 facilities in more than forty countries and overseas US territories. We deploy over 190,000 troops in forty-six countries and territories. In just one such country, Japan, at the end of March 2008, we still had 99,295 people connected to US military forces living and working there–49,364 members of our armed services, 45,753 dependent family members, and 4,178 civilian employees. Some 13,975 of these were crowded into the small island of Okinawa, the largest concentration of foreign troops anywhere in Japan.
These massive concentrations of American military power outside the United States are not needed for our defense. They are, if anything, a prime contributor to our numerous conflicts with other countries. They are also unimaginably expensive. According to Anita Dancs, an analyst for the website Foreign Policy in Focus, the United States spends approximately $250 billion each year maintaining its global military presence. The sole purpose of this is to give us hegemony–that is, control or dominance –over as many nations on the planet as possible.
We are like the British at the end of World War II: desperately trying to shore up an empire that we never needed and can no longer afford, using methods that often resemble those of failed empires of the past–including the Axis powers of World War II and the former Soviet Union. There is an important lesson for us in the British decision, starting in 1945, to liquidate their empire relatively voluntarily, rather than being forced to do so by defeat in war, as were Japan and Germany, or by debilitating colonial conflicts, as were the French and Dutch. We should follow the British example. (Alas, they are currently backsliding and following our example by assisting us in the war in Afghanistan.)


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Last Night on Late Night: How Allison Williams Imagines Her Dad Would Read Her Obituary on Nightly News
Plus: Heidi Klum danced on Jay Leno's desk, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Allison Williams confessed a morbid obsession with how her dad, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, would deliver her obituary. "In entertainment news tonight, we lost one of our own," she stated aloud in her anchor-ly voice. "[She] was tragically killed in a plane crash. (Apparently, this is how her death plays out over and over in her head.) ... She will be missed. [Pause.] We'll be right back with more news about how you could save on your heart medication." And on his part, Jimmy Kimmel quickly changed the subject, "Wow, so, uh, this Girls is your first acting job." Plus: Heidi Klum reprised her Golden Globes tabletop dancing on top of Jay Leno's desk; and Workaholics's Blake Anderson performed "Straight Outta Mordor," his rap about wizards. Watch our compilation to see what you missed.


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With so many family history researchers planning their spring and summer Ireland vacations, I thought I would share a travel tip I learned from others. Bringing gifts with me to Ireland never occurred to me until I met a woman who enlightened me. She always packs small gifts to give to staff members and locals who help her with her research. I've since met others who follow the same practice. One woman travels with souvenirs of her hometown of Philadelphia, such as small Liberty Bells or Hershey's Kisses candy. Another brings along copies of her own town's history to give as thank you gifts.
When I am in the American Southwest, I like to collect the "storyteller dolls" made by many Native Americans. The dolls usually depict a grandmother or tribal elder telling stories to children. I have given these dolls to some Irish family historians as gifts. Not only are the dolls a uniquely American treasure, the Irish genealogists appreciated the thought behind the gesture--that they are keepers of their townland's stories.
On my last trip to Ireland, I spent the bulk of two weeks in the reading room of the archives of the National Library of Ireland. I am sure I taxed the patience of the librarians I peppered with questions and the runners who retrieved the files I ordered every half hour or so. On my last day of research, I put together a gift bag full of candies and treats for the Library's "tea room." I was not prepared for the outpouring of gratitude shown by the staff for just a small gesture of appreciation.
Many archives, libraries, and institutions have a snack, lunch, or tea room. Bringing cookies or snacks for the staff is a good way to thank the entire staff for all the help they give researchers.
One librarian in Ireland suggested yet another way for researchers to show their appreciation: she requested that I write a letter to the "boss," expressing my satisfaction with the staff's service. Her request reminded me how often I take for granted the services of librarians and archivists and staff members who contribute to my family history research. A simple compliment expressed to a library or archive director might have an effect on a person's job or might help a department obtain funding.
I can't say that I always remember to commend a staff member or bring along a treat to an archive, but I do find that the gesture is always appreciated when I do. A simple "thank you, your staff is terrific" can go a long way towards brightening the day at your favorite archive or library!


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Fish biting earlier than normal
Is this a false spring? Or is it the start of the real thing?
The temperature is forecast to hit the mid- to high 70s on Friday, the first of March, in California's north valley and across the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and in the East Bay counties.
At Lake Oroville this week, it felt like the real thing. With a light breeze, the bright sun lit up the ripples in the clear, blue-green water for miles. It warmed everything it touched, from the sprouting wildflowers to the emerald foothills to the still-chilly water. It was enough to spark the bass to bite for many anglers. The warm sun offered a cleansing effect - like a long, hot shower washing off a winter's worth of cold grime.
At dawn, the main lake was 45 degrees and the warmest we found all day was 50.8 degrees along a sunbaked wall up the South Fork. Bass really spark to life at 57 degrees, and when it hits 63 to 67 for the first time in spring, they practically shout "catch me" to anybody with a rod.
Shifting weather
The teeter-totter weather phenomenon of this winter, a rain deluge and floods in December followed by drought, is good for people who boat, fish, camp and hike at recreation lakes.
The wet start to winter filled many small lakes and has put most of the big reservoirs at about 100 percent of normal for March 1. The dry weather that followed has allowed the lakes to settle, clear and stabilize, the fish to stage and pattern, and with warmer weather this week, to bite.
"It's been good so we fish from sunup to sundown," said field scout and guide Dan Wells. "We expect anywhere from 15 to 35 fish in a day (for two anglers in a boat). At sunrise, it's really good during a 45-minute window, then tapers off. When the sun gets at a better angle (in early afternoon), it's a good bite."
Even at midday, two anglers each catching a fish an hour would be a minimal expectation.
The best lakes for bass in Northern California are Berryessa, Shasta, Oroville and Clear, and at times, a dozen others can rate high, too.
It helps to have a boat and experience, of course. Marinas have rentals and guides can provide know-how. But what it really takes is passion.
Angling from shore
Shoreliners can do well by driving to campgrounds at lakes, then hiking out to points and casting along the drop-offs on the leeward side (not straight out).
The bass like eating crawdads in late winter and early spring, before the threadfin shad minnows hatch and school in early summer. That's why plastic twin-tail grubs walked along on the bottom work so well.
I launched my boat at Bidwell at the Oroville State Recreation Area, then cruised around the flotilla of moored houseboats and ventured up the South Fork of the lake. According to field scouts, the best fishing has been where you find floating wood debris in the water, and from there, along the leeward sides of points and walls, classic pre-spring sites.
We found another key element. In areas where the water was clear, like up to 20 feet of visibility, we got zilch. Yet where the visibility was a bit murky, 3 to 4 feet, you had a chance to get a bite with every well-executed cast.
For the most part, that meant setting up parallel to extended points, then casting along the shore, letting your bait get about 15 to 20 feet deep, then walking it along the bottom very slowly.
The right lure
I had my best luck using a one-quarter ounce darthead jig with a Havoc or Zoom double-tail grub in watermelon green, silver-black or june bug. But truth is, according to reports, a variety of baits work fine right now provided you find warmer water and present the lure correctly - that is, slow and deep.
Even as we entered the lake arms, the water temps were cold, 47 to 49, and we kept looking for better. When we found the 50 to 51-degree water, it was like a switch was thrown, with the fish going from a case of lockjaw to, "OK, I'll think about it."
That singular moment of hooking the fish - the subtle bite, the tightening of the line and the set - can be the most exciting moment in the outdoors, the fish sending its electricity from hook to line to rod.
It might be a false spring, but at least for a little while this week, it sure felt like the real thing is taking hold.
Lake Oroville
Cost: $8 day-use, parking; $5 boat launch (self-pay station accepts credit cards).
Fishing guide/info: Dan Wells, (916) 591-8026, www.rbbassfishing.net; Huntington's Sportsman's Store, Oroville, (530) 534-8000, www.huntingtonsports.com.
Campsites, facilities: $20 primitive boat-in sites; $35 drive-in sites; $45 RV sites with hookups; $100 developed group site; $175 floating campsite. Reserve at (800) 444-7275 or www.reserveamerica.com ($8 reservation fee).
Boat rentals: Deck cruiser, $195 for half day; open bow ski boat, $240 half day; patio pontoon, $495 per day; variable rates for houseboats, www.lakeorovillemarina.com.
How to get to Oroville: From San Francisco, take Interstate 80 east for 81 miles to greater Sacramento area and exit right at sign for I-80 East/Reno. Continue on I-80 east for 4.4 miles and exit onto I-5 North at Exit 86. Take I-5 North 3 miles and exit onto Highway 99 North. Take Highway 99 for 12.5 miles to Highway 70/Marysville-Oroville. Take Highway 70 and drive 47 miles to Oroville and exit for Oro Dam Blvd./Highway 162.
How to get to Bidwell Canyon/State Recreation Area: From Oroville, drive east on Oroville Dam Boulevard/Highway 162 (becomes the Olive Highway) for 6.8 miles (food, gas, outdoor supplies available) to Kelly Ridge Road. Turn left (north) on Kelly Ridge Road and drive 1.6 miles to Arroyo Drive. Turn right and drive 0.5 mile to state park entrance and auto pay station. Continue ahead to boat ramp, parking lot and historic Bidwell Bridge, or right to marina.
Contacts: Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, (530) 538-2200; Lake Oroville Visitor Center, 530/538-2219, www.parks.ca.gov; Oroville Chamber of Commerce, (800) 655-4653, www.orovillechamber.net; Bidwell Canyon Marina, (530) 589-9175, www.bidwellcanyonmarina.com.
Best bass lakes
Bay Area
San Pablo Reservoir: (510) 223-1661, www.norcalfishing.com
Lake Chabot: (510) 247-2526, www.norcalfishing.com
Calero Reservoir: (408) 268-3883, www.parkhere.org
Lexington Reservoir: (408) 356-2729, www.parkhere.org.
Northern California
(north to south)
Shasta Lake: (530) 275-1589, www.shastalake.com.
Whiskeytown Lake: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, (530) 242-3400, www.nps.gov/whis
Lake Oroville: (530) 538-2200, www.parks.ca.gov
Collins Lake: (530) 692-1600, www.collinslake.com
Clear Lake: (800) 525-3743, www.lakecounty.com
Lake Sonoma: (707) 433-9483, www.parks.sonoma.net/laktrls.html
Lake Berryessa: (707) 966-2111, www.usbr.gov/mp/berryessa
Camanche Lake: (866) 763-5121, www.camancherecreation.com
New Melones Reservoir: (209) 536-9543, or www.gloryholesports.com
Don Pedro Reservoir: (209) 852-2396, www.donpedrolake.com
Pine Flat Reservoir: (559) 787-2506, www.pineflatlakemarina.com
Lake San Antonio: (805) 472-2313, www.lakesanantonioresort.com
Lake Nacimiento: (805) 237-4924, www.nacimientoresort.com
Tom Stienstra is The San Francisco Chronicle's outdoors writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Daily Twitter: @StienstraTom


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Debby Jones Takes "Worthy" Conference to Charlotte Area
September 12, 2012
Nearly 500 young women in the Charlotte, N.C. area listened to Debby Jones, the wife of CIU President Bill Jones describe what it means to be a woman who is "Worthy." The "Worthy" conferences are based on Mrs. Jones' popular book, "Lady in Waiting" and help young women discover what the Bible says about their self-worth.
The name for the conference comes from the Bible's book of Ruth. In Ruth 3:11, Ruth is commended for her character with the words, "all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman."


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Derstein on final run and what to expect next season.
The Lady Maverick Varsity Basketball team ended their season on March 1 with a loss to the Sterling Black Bears in the second round of sub-state. Though lacking some height, the extremely athletic team entered the tournament on a 3-game win streak. First year returning head coach Staci Derstein said the loss to the Black Bears was a disappointing ending, but felt the final weeks of the play were some of the best of the season.
The Lady Maverick Varsity Basketball team ended their season on March 1 with a loss to the Sterling Black Bears in the second round of sub-state. Though lacking some height, the extremely athletic team entered the tournament on a 3-game win streak. First year returning head coach Staci Derstein said the loss to the Black Bears was a disappointing ending, but felt the final weeks of the play were some of the best of the season.
The Mavericks had trouble finding their rhythm for most of the season.
They didn't have a back-to-back win until Feb. 15 winning 50-33 against the South Grey Rebels, the second of four consecutive wins in the final weeks of the season, preceded by a 39-37 win at home against the Hodgeman County Longhorns.
The early season was tough.
They opened the season on the road, winning 55-30 against the LaCrosse Leopards, but dropped the opening game of the Keady Classic on Dec. 3 against the Larned Indians 39-50. They salvaged a win in the second round, blowing out the Macksville Mustangs 53-22, but had a tough 41-60 loss against the Elinwood Eagles in the third round.
They followed it with tough 41-48 loss against the South Central Timberwolves on Dec. 11.
"I don't feel like we should have lost our game against So. Central," said Derstein. "I felt like we didn't keep our composure in a tough, tight game, but it was early in the season. We were still in a period of defining roles."
In the first five games of the season, the Mavericks went 2-3, but outscored opponents 229-210. A seemingly tight margin, they won by an average of 13 points and lost by a 12-point average. In early season play they were winning by large margins, or loosing by large margins, with the exception of the 7-point margin loss to the Timberwolves.
"Anytime a coach takes over a program, whether things are done differently or not, it takes a while for kids to get used to your expectations," said Derstein. "I think it took us a while to get roles defined and change some philosophies. It took us some time to get kids confident and comfortable in the roles we needed them to play."
Derstein returned to coaching this year after a number of seasons away from the bench. "Maybe the coach needed to get smarter at who to play, and when," she quipped. "But It all takes time."
The Lady Mavs went into the winter break 3-4, ending 2012 with their second win against the Mustangs a 56-42 home game on Dec. 14 and a tough 51-53 road loss against the Fairfield Falcons on Dec. 18.
"I think they are kids, sometimes they play well and sometimes they don't play well. We put a lot pressure on them. I think it is what it is. Sometimes kids would have a bad game, but I never felt like it was from a lack of trying on their part."
In a pre-season interview Derstein acknowledged the lack of height on the team but said their athleticism would carry them a lot farther than other teams would expect.
Post-season she agreed with her early-season prediction.
"I do think our athleticism made up for our lack of size," she said. "We could get into a mismatch, but I think our athleticism negated that. It sometimes changed our defensive plan, but some of our post players like Angela [Liggett] and Heather [Melton] have some size and they are athletic. I would take 5'9" athletic player over 6'0" player that can't run or jump."
The Lady Mavs started 2013 with a one-point win over Minneola, besting the Wildcats 31-30 in what would be the lowest scoring game of the season.
They went 3-3 in the month of January, winning 40-33 against the Kinsley Coyotes on Jan. 11 as well as a 63-38 SPIAA Tournament second round win against the Longhorns, who couldn't solve the Mavs in either of their two season match-ups.
Derstein said that two January losses were the turning point of the season, a 31-45 loss to the Ingalls Bulldogs on Jan. 15 and a 39-49 loss to the Bucklin Red Aces in the first round of the SPIAA Tournament in Dodge City on Jan. 21.
"Against Ingalls we started to see the kids were believing in what we were doing," said Derstein. "They were believing in each other and had confidence in each other. The loss to Bucklin was a game when the girl walked off the court and could see about three plays that made the difference. I think they could see 'oh, if we could get this turnover here' or of we could make that basket, the ball game could have been different."
They finished January with a heartbreaking 22-44 blowout against the Spearville Lancers, but February would be an entirely different month.
"The last month of the season, everything we had been working on started to make sense and the little pieces started falling into place," said Derstein. "And, of course, the ball fell in the basket when we needed it too."
The Lady Mavs went on a tear in February, going 5-2 in the final month of the season, their only losses coming against the Ashland Blue Jays (29-36) and the season ending 26-60 blowout against the Black Bears
"We ran into a buzzsaw," said Derstein. "They were just a better team. We didn't handle the pressure well and they were a quick and physical team. Their bench was as good any of their players on the court. We never really got started in the game, we never got into the game and it was a disappointing way to end the season."
Derstein said the loss was especially tough on her seniors.
"They were disappointed because they wanted to do better and they believed they could. As a coach, that's all you could want. You feel bad for the kids. Who knows, maybe we'll have an opportunity next year but those seniors that worked their tails off this season; they won't be part of it. That's the hardest part when the season ends like that."
Derstein led the Lady Mavs to an 11-10 final season record, in large part due to good tournament play and their end-of-season four-game winning streak.
They went 4-1 at home, 3-6 in their away games and 4-3 in neutral games on the season.
Kiowa County averaged 42 point per game, with a total 890 points on the season.
They finished fifth in the Southern-Plains Iroquois District standing with a 5-4 league record, behind Spearville (6-3), Bucklin (7-2), Ashland (8-2) and an undefeated Ingalls team that went 10-0 in district play and 25-0 on the season.
They topped the rebounds per-game stat sheet with more than 31-per game, beating out So. Gray (28.9) and Fowler (28) for the top spot. They were second in steals, averaging 11.4 per game, behind Ingalls with 13.6 rebounds per contest.
Derstein, who is also the junior high and elementary school principal, is expected to return next season along with assistant coach Kim Heft.
"Ask any of the girls, when I came to practice, it was the most fun two hours of my day," she said. "I enjoyed being around the kids and being in that role with the kids. For the rest of the day I'm being a principal, enforcing rules and taking care of problems, those kids of things. Here I get to be the coach. I get to spend time with the kids and enjoy that time. I had a whole lot of fun."
The Lady Mavericks will lose a number of this season's players including starters Angela Liggett and Halie Headrick as well as Chelsea Oberle, Erica Bertram and Kadie Larsh.
"Losing Halie's outside shooting; that will be a tough one to fill. There are several girls that have worked hard on their shooting and are on the verge of being able to contribute. They need to shoot the basketball. You don't just suddenly become a good shooter in November. You need to shoot the basketball over the summertime and in the off-season.
We've got several girls that have worked on their shooting and if they continue this summer I think we can make up for that loss."
Katelynn Gamble, Dena Liggett, Heather Melton and Riann Heft are all expected to return next season. Hannah Brown, McKenzie Heft, Mackenzie Rose and had varsity minutes this season and are expected to contribute.
Derstein also sees future talent coming into and migrating out of the Lady Mavericks junior varsity squad.
"I was pleased with our JV girls," she added. "I am excited about some of the 8th graders coming into the program next year. I don't expect them to play a lot of minutes but I think some of those girls are very promising. We have several kids that, if they continue to work, will be up to filling some of those empty shoes on the varsity squad. It was a luxury for me that we had some depth. We had kids that we could pug in if a starter had some foul trouble. I see us being able to continue that."


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The auditorium was mostly full, especially in back, and so I walked down the right side toward the front of the room, where a row remained empty. Chancellor Gary Poertner was holding forth, but he stopped what he was doing to stare at me, pause, and then ask, in a friendly way, what the hell I was doing there. (We're practically pals.) Why didn't I attend the forum earlier today at IVC? he asked.
I tried to answer—that Glenn had scheduled the IVC forum at teaching prime time (12:30), when I teach—but the opportunity quickly evaporated and Poertner continued forumizing.
We were in the grand "Ronald Reagan board of trustees meeting room"—yes, that's what it's called—a bulbous appendage of the tallish building that houses nursing (those people think they're mighty special) and the district offices (up on the "third floor"). Sitting before the audience were three trustees—Board President Nancy Padberg, Dave Lang, and Jim Wright. They all looked as pleased as punch—well, maybe not Nancy, but she was as pleased as, say, Iced Tea.
Gary was saying that, when he arrived at the district in 1999 (part of the Cedric Sampson neo-totalitarian package), we had accreditation trouble and we've been having accreditation trouble ever since. Then, about 18 months ago, the Accreds gave us a serious warning, which didn't go down well at the time. But, says Gary, it was "the best thing that ever happened to us." It forced us to work together as a district, and that's been great.
The Accreds, reminded Gary, shall descend upon us on Friday.
an email to the district community about our new budget reality—namely, that revenue has remained flat but inflation has steadily raised expenses, and so now we're headed for a kind of Malthusian crossing of the lines. It was not his intention, he said, to be "alarmist." Nope. He had in mind raising awareness of this issue, long before a crises occurs, so that we can slowly and deliberately plan crisis-prevention.
Gary noted that our district, unlike the vast majority of CA districts, is on "basic aid"—funding via local property taxes—which, in our case, means that we've managed to duck the big 17% cut that was experienced by most other districts/colleges. In fact, owing to our special circumstances (high property values, etc.), we've had more than the usual allotment of moola. Gravy.
WHY NOT USE BASIC AID GRAVY? So why not fill the anticipated shortfall with our basic aid gravy? Well, said Gary, we haven't done that sort of thing since the 90s. The board has long enforced the policy that the colleges are to be funded according to the usual Sacramento levels and that basic aid money (i.e., the remainder) is never to be spent on ongoing expenses. Nope, that gravy is slathered on new construction and the like. You can't fully depend on basic aid to provide adequate funds because of potential unexpected property devaluations, etc. And so it's unwise to rely on it for ongoing expenses, as some districts have done.
Gary (and, later, Lang and Padberg) referred to the bad old days—back in the late 90s—when the board took that unwise path and found itself suddenly behind the eight ball. Back then, the board (namely, that asshole John Williams and his benighted "fiscally conservative" pals) were forced to spend district reserves, and that got the district in dutch with the state chancellor's office, the accreds, etc.
The Accreds tagged us for having no "district plan," which, as it turns out, is an over-arching plan that includes both colleges, not just the district as a super-entity. So we've worked on that; each college has plans that fit into the district plan, etc.
MUTUAL RESPECT. Our #1 goal is creating and maintaining an atmosphere of "mutual respect," etc. It became clear, not long ago, that "our relationships are terrible"; there were animosities, jealousies, and so on, throughout the district and its two colleges. That needed to be fixed. That wouldn't be easy, because there are some "raw emotions," said Gary.
Over the summer, five "barriers" (to mutual respect and good relationships) were identified (we've discussed these previously). Soon, the two presidents will be sending up their colleges' strategies in this regard, i.e., barrier-wise.
NANCY. Next up (at 3:18) was Board President Nancy Padberg, who started by asking all those folks lining the back wall to move up to the front. They complied, sort of.
"These board forums are wonderful," said Nancy. She explained the need for trustees to be careful; after all, they don't want to be accused of "micromanaging." She noted an ant on the floor. Furtively, she gave Burnett the stink eye.
Nancy referred to the board's goals. They've held "retreats," where trustees discussed the "district culture," which needs to be warm and fuzzy and befogged with mutual respect. The Chancellor is supposed to pursue all that and to hold the college presidents responsible for pursuing all this warm and fuzziness at their colleges.
"There's been progress," said Gary. I think he meant it. (I wonder if he realizes that IVC is pretty freaked up?)
The board, said Nancy, is committed to monitoring student success. Nancy briefly described current efforts to increase communication and collaboration between K-12 and the community colleges. The goal is to create a new and improved "environment," collaboration-wise, said the Nance.
Nancy declared her enthusiasm about the ongoing presentations re all this collaborating and planning and whatnot. I've never detected this alleged enthusiasm, but if she says so, I believe it.
In fact, everything about this meeting seemed to express openness and informality and Kumbayaitude. I don't think I've ever felt quite so removed from those awful Mathur years and all that went with 'em.
ANY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS? Nancy now opened up the meeting to questions and comments. She seemed to have in mind directing questions at the trustees—and, I suppose, at Gary.
Lee Haggerty (a SC poli sci instructor and long-time union leader) asked Gary to explain how the passage of Prop 30 will affect funding at our colleges. (Didn't he already explain that?)
Gary, who confessed that he was surprised by 30's passage, asserted that, had 30 not passed, districts receiving funding from Sacramento would have experienced another 7.5% cut in funding. Naturally, since we're on basic aid (and property values remain sufficiently high), none of this directly affects us. Our problem is that our revenue remains flat but inflation has increased expenses. The "cost of living," said Gary, "catches up with you" eventually.
Vice Chancellor Deb "the Debster" Fitzsimmons chimed in to say that Prop 30 brings a temporary tax. I think she said that the money cannot be spent on administration.
Speaking of raw emotions, Ken W (SC economics instructor and former Old Guardster) referred to "return on investment" studies. I think he advocated "separating out" ATEP in these studies. I don't recall what Gary said in response.
|What about Bob?
Naturally, this typically Woodwardian remark was received by all with a dollop of mirth. Poertner protested that he wasn't involved in the decision to create Fort Knox on the Third Floor. He said that, as he understood it, somebody saw this sort of thing at a concentration camp over at Rancho or someplace. "Why don't we do that?" they said. Also, HR traffic includes some routine heavy squawkers, and it's best to slow down and formalize the comings and goings of that noisy crowd.
Ken seemed especially concerned about what "Bramucci" was doing "back there," beyond the machine gun nests. Laughter.
Anna Maria C asked a question, I think, about all those early retirements and whether they would all be replaced. (Hope I got that right.) Gary said some vaguely reassuring things, I guess. But he noted that these decisions (about who is hired) are made at the college level, and it's basically none of his business. "It's up to the colleges."
Somebody said something about the 50% law (which requires that at least half of expenditures be on "instruction"—i.e., faculty salaries and benefits), and Trustee Dave Lang noted that the board carefully monitors how the district is doing on that score.
SC Prez Tod "the Todster" Burnett got up to yammer about those early retirements. "Blah, blah, blah," he said. At least that's what I got out of it.
Trustee Jim Wright noted that, at the last board meeting, the board approved SC's list of new hires, but it's up to the colleges to prioritize the list.
BULLET-PROOF GLASS. Claire C-S chimed in re Woody's Fort Knoxian concerns. In her estimation, the situation would be much improved if they just got rid of the "bullet-proof glass." That's what's gotta go, she said.
There was much laughter, of course.
She (or somebody) addressed Gary: you didn't mean to be alarmist, she said, but talk of a 5% cut is scary. Gary noted that 5% really isn't much. It's just that inflation caught up with us, and so we've decided to anticipate the problem and encourage a collaborative discussion long before any crisis appears. It's up to the colleges to decide what they're going to do to reduce expenses. They've got to balance their budgets, etc. (At this point, I thought I sensed minor peevitude on Gary's part.) He said that his Friday communication only included the obvious suggestions, not directives. How the college budgets are balanced is up to the colleges. So is fidelity to shared governance in the process.
Gary noted that he purposely sent his email before the election. He didn't want to seem to be responding to the failure of Prop 30 (which he expected).
Again exhibiting some degree of peevitude (I think), Gary said that we can just wait and do nothing until a crises unfolds—or we can carefully discuss the problem with the time that we have.
Golly. Gary never seems to really get angry. His peevishness, if it exists at all, is as subtle as a breeze.
Nancy reminded everybody how bad things were when she arrived at the district (in late 1998). We went off (or were taken off) basic aid and we were suddenly in big trouble. (This was a de facto slam of Williams and Co.)
She noted that, surprisingly, yesterday, many higher ed bond issues passed. Two passed in OC; seven across the state. Only one failed.
Challenges to basic aid have "always been there," said Gary. At this point, if our basic aid is challenged, it likely won't be by local districts but by the economy.
Gary explained that Mira Costa went on basic aid but then experienced unexpected plummeting revenue. Now they're saying, "we wish we did what you're doing" (i.e., I suppose, not using basic aid gravy for ongoing expenses.)
As it turns out, injected VC (Fiscal Services) Deb Fitzsimmons, more and more districts are turning to basic aid, so it's not as if this form of funding is facing extinction. And each district that goes on basic aid means one less district depending on state money—so there's "one less mouth to feed."
SC Academic Senate chief Bob C noted that, if you think that the district offices' No Man's Land is bad, you shoulda got a load of the spy cameras that used to festoon the elevators! ("I always thought that was the colleges spying on us," quipped Gary.)
Eventually, the irrepressible Ken W asked another question: a couple of years ago, Capo Unified switched over to "area" elections. That is, each trustee is elected only by citizens of their area, not by citizens of all the district's areas. Has the board discussed the possibility of that kind of change?
|The Accreds arrive on Friday
Nancy explained her own view, that we should retain the current representation. The truth is, said Nancy, that the trustees need to make decisions for colleges serving the entire district area, not just one sub-area within the district. And so having trustees elected by the entire citizenry is right and good.
Lang chimed in to suggest that the demographic homogeneity of our district is a compelling argument to leave things alone.
Ken, evidently unable to control himself, chimed in to suggest that our district is increasingly diverse. (Yeah, I think I spotted an African-American in the audience.)
Tere F advised the Woodster how he can locate the relevant demographic data.
At that point, Nancy solicited further questions, but there were none. (I thought about asking one, but, hey, it's not my college.) And so, at 4:02, the meeting was declared over and out. There was a fair amount of applause. And that was about it.


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How to identify a touch screen (or mouse?) protocol with gpm
Submitted by drink on
Install gpm (e.g.
aptitude install gpm for Debian, Ubuntu, etc.) and run the following as root (you can sudo bash first)
( for i in `gpm -t types`; do sudo gpm -m /dev/input/whatever -t $i -T -D; done ) 2>&1 | tee /tmp/gpm.log
(where "whatever" is the device you're trying to identify.) Now press the left button or the touch screen repeatedly. Some drivers will spit out a lot of this:


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Tindell Baldwin grew up in a loving home with a Christian family. But it wasn't enough. Tindell wanted to be popular, so she dumped her faith for a partying lifestyle that made her the center of attention and the envy of her so-called friends. But a life of booze and boys eventually caught up with her, and Tindell gave her life to Christ. She shares her story in her new book, Popular.
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Chelsea 4-0 Spurs
Report from Stamford Bridge
08 March 2014|Tottenham Hotspur
Two goals in four second half minutes, along with the sending off of Younes Kaboul, paved the way for defeat at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.
An enterprising first half and a promising beginning to the second was undone by a Jan Vertonghen slip followed by a penalty decision that also saw our number reduced to 10. Two late goals very much rubbed salt into the wounds.
Team news
Tim Sherwood lined-up in a 4-2-3-1 system with Kyle Walker fit again and on the right of the midfield three and Aaron Lennon supporting Emmanuel Adebayor. Younes Kaboul was back at centre-half, with Jan Vertonghen starting a left-back. Gylfi Sigurdsson also returned on the left.
Samuel Eto'o, a late change for Fernando Torres, who was in Chelsea's original selection, thought he was in on goal in the opening moments and was one on one with Hugo Lloris before taking a tumble. The flag however, was already aloft.
Key action
The defence was carved open in the fifth minute when Frank Lampard played in behind Michael Dawson and the ball was switched in the direction of Eden Hazard, who skipped past Lloris and was forced wide before shooting into the side netting.
The warning signs were there and the team quickly needed to adjust to the changes made.
Thirteen minutes in and there was a big chance to silence the home crowd when Bentaleb cantered through to the right of the area and pulled a shot across goal that, while always highly unlikely to trouble Petr Cech, was not far away from the onrushing Lennon and Walker.
The team was bedding themselves into the game effectively as the clock ticked past 20 minutes, with Walker beginning to make inroads down the right, Adebayor dropping deep to increase involvement, while Lennon's work was tireless off the front.
On 23 minutes a Vertonghen cross was cleared by Gary Cahill but only as far as Sandro, who clubbed it back on the volley and it took a strong save from Cech to deny him another goal at Stamford Bridge.
Eto'o shot wide after a driving run just before the half hour mark, but the rest of the half passed off without too much alarm at either end.
Vertonghen chipped over from a good position in the opening moments of the second half as a crowd of 41,598 were settling back into position on what was a cool evening weather-wise in the south west of the capital.
Chelsea changed their cast list with the introduction of Oscar in place of Lampard with Tim sticking to the starting script. Cech warmed his hands early on with a save from a Kaboul header following a Sigurdsson set piece from the right.
Naughton was booked for checking a swift Chelsea counter with Hazard - the third caution of the evening following earlier cards shown to Lampard and Bentaleb. Sandro followed swiftly after a lunge to stop Branislav Ivanovic.
The deadlock was broken on 55 minutes in an unlikely fashion. Vertonghen slipped in possession and tried to salvage the situation by prodding the ball back towards goal. All he succeeded in doing was directing the ball into the path of Eto'o, who was able to slide past Lloris and a lunging last-ditch challenge from Dawson and roll into the net.
It was not a deserved deficit and Eto'o gave his team a chance to increase their lead when he went down under a challenge from Kaboul. There didn't appear to be much in the way of contact and Dawson was across to cover, but the referee deemed it a penalty and a red card.
Hazard slotted home the spot kick and at 2-0 down with 10 men, it was an uphill struggle.
Fortune continued not to favour when Dawson signalled his time on the pitch was up with what looked like a hamstring injury - he was replaced by Zeki Fryers. The team that started with three central defenders on the pitch was now down to one recognised stopper in Vertonghen, who was joined by Sandro in the middle.
With a deficit in the score and 10 men on the pitch, the final stages became pretty much about damage limitation as Chelsea sought to take advantage.
It was all quiet until the final two minutes when substitute Demba Ba slotted home from close range after Sandro failed to clear Oscar's cross and in the final seconds, Ba tapped home again after intercepting Walker's header home to Lloris.
All in all, an afternoon to forget.
Match data
Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Matic, Lampard (Oscar, 46); Ramires, Hazard, Schurrle (Willian, 66); Eto'o (Ba, 76). Unused subs: Schwarzer, Kalas, Mikel, Salah.
Spurs: Lloris; Naughton, Dawson (Fryers, 72), Kaboul, Vertonghen; Bentaleb, Sandro; Walker, Lennon, Sigurdsson (Paulinho, 60); Adebayor. Unused subs: Friedel, Chadli, Townsend, Kane, Soldado.
Goals: Eto'o (59), Hazard (penalty, 60), Ba (88, 90).
Yellow cards: Chelsea - Lampard, Azpilicueta. Spurs - Bentaleb, Naughton, Sandro.
Red cards: Spurs - Kaboul.
Referee: Mr M. Oliver.
Attendance: 41,598.


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James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7, 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana, surrounded by farmland and primitive forests. The wooden planked National Road, which American pioneers and settlers used to travel to the western half of the nation, ran right through Greenfield. The area was diverse in culture, with people from many different homelands, though outwardly appearing as rough wilderness and newly settled country.
The critic, Hamlin Garland, described it after a visit by saying, "To my eyes it was the most unpromising field for art, especially for the art of verse. The landscape had no hills, no lakes, no streams of any movement or beauty. Ragged fence-rows, flat and dusty roads, fields of wheat alternating with clumps of trees - these were the features of a country which to me was utterly commonplace - and yet from this dusty, drab, unpromising environment, Riley had been able to draw the honey of woodland poesy, a sweet in which a native fragrance as of basswood and buckwheat bloom mingled with hints of an English meadow and the tang of a Canada thistle."
Riley's father, being a frontier politician and lawyer, named his son after an Indiana governor, James Whitcomb. Riley's mother was, of course, a homemaker, and she also wrote poetry. Riley had a difficult time academically, but possessed a talent for language, especially that of his own people. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but Riley did not apply himself to law. For a time he traveled the American Midwest as a sign painter. He also traveled with a medicine salesman, and drew crowds by playing songs and performing impersonations of people he had met in his travels.
Riley's childhood and home were also great influences on him. His most famous poems were about people and situations from his real life. His poems, "The Raggedy Man," and "Little Orphant Annie," are about a hired hand and an orphan girl who helped on the family farm. The farmhand and Annie told the local children stories that Riley immortalized in his work. His poems, though of epic proportion in many senses, told of everyday things.
Riley, like many poets, published his first works in newspapers. At first he wrote under a pen name, "Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone." He often wrote in his own dialect, appealing to the majority of people with his common style and words. Garland held Riley alike to Mark Twain, for his ability to use natural dialect in his writing and speech, though also possessing the ability to speak in a more precise and standard English. After the success of his written work, Riley took to the road again, and traveled around the country to recite his poems in every city. This earned him great popularity, and people were fascinated by his dialect and use of the language, as well as his cheerful sense of humor.
In 1883, a collection of his poems was published, entitled "The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems," followed by "Rhymes of Childhood" in 1890, "Poems Here at Home" in 1893, and "Knee Deep in June," in 1912. His most famous poems are "Little Orphant Annie," "The Raggedy Man," "When the Frost Is On the Punkin," and "The Runaway Boy." In Riley's later life, these volumes attracted both national and international readers, and he became the wealthiest writer of the time. He was honorably labeled as America's "Children's Poet," and as "The Hoosier Poet," in his home state.
James Whitcomb Riley died of a stroke on 22 July, 1916. The United States President, Woodrow Wilson, sent a note to the poet's family, saying Riley was "...a man who imparted joyful pleasure and a thoughtful view of many things that other men would have missed." Named after him in Indianapolis, the state capital, is Riley Hospital for Children.
In 1999, his hometown of Greenfield and his fans celebrated his 150th birthday, and Indiana governor, Frank O'Bannon, proclaimed October 7, 1999, "James Whitcomb Riley Day." Each year Greenfield hosts a "James Whitcomb Riley Festival," and the children of the area honor the poet by placing flowers on his statue at the Hancock County Courthouse.
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He is not dead, he is just away!"
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